Once again the rock entourage Parousia set out on a road-trip across Western New York. This time our destination was 79 miles away in beautiful downtown Jamestown to perform at a high-exposure club called the Melody Inn using the most…
The Rusty Nail in Downtown Jamestown had it all: a swank atmosphere, attractive crowd, ‘two for one’ drinks and 10 cent chicken wings. Best of all, it was a solid rock club that was paying us $350.00 to perform on a…
Parousia performed twice at Shutters and Boards. The first time was on June 02, 1981 and then again in the fall, October 15, 1981. Shutters & Boards – June 2nd, 1981 The Shutters & Boards gig on June 2nd was our…
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful gig… That started at this little club and blew up really big. Gilligan’s was a small club on Grant Street In Buffalo NY. South of Delavan…
Somewhere East of Niagara Falls and North of North Tonawanda was the town of Wheatfield, NY…. and yes, we played there. At D.J.’s Stillery we were paid $100.00 to play one set of music on December 11, 1980. The weather was…
Graffiti’s was a party bar on the Elmwood Strip at the corner of Elmwood and Hodge. It was located upstairs from an Italian Restaurant, Casa Di Pizza. We had to lug our equipment up the stairs and it was a very…
The Bachelors Den, located in Kenmore at 15 LaSalle Ave. at the corner of Delaware Ave. I don’t remember a whole lot about this club other than it being small with a regular clientele that was very rowdy. Lot’s of Baseball…
Here’s the ironic thing about Parousia performing at one of Buffalo’s premier gay clubs. Our only gay band member, Kim Watts, was no longer in the band. She quit back in May… nonetheless our hit song Miss Ogyny on the…
Not far south of the Polish Villa and east of the ‘Kids Escaping Drugs’ center, there once was a club that aspired to be as great as its name, New York New York 935 Harlem Blvd., Buffalo NY. Parousia played New…
